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Two recents news invites me to think about this episode, first Quantum who introduces a modern file and object storage solution based on share-everything model, full NVMe and disaggregated architecture. A very good news for the champion of secondary storage. And the second HPE for its GreenLake storage services that recognizes once again its incapacity to develop file and object storage product by themselves. They're completely naked on this. They pick VAST Data, this is a fantastic news for VAST Data and a disaster for Qumulo. I hope you'll enjoy this episode.

I visited Liqid at his HQ on Broomfield, CO, last June for the 44th IT Press Tour and clearly I realized that something is happening. This team is shaking the server and infrastructure established positions. So this interview became obvious and we decided with Sumit Puri, CEO of Liqid, to record it during VMware Explore. We covered the genesis of the company, the business and IT need of composability, the market dynamism around Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure or CDI, how the product works, the various use cases, the partner ecosystem and go-to-market, the pricing and of course the future. Lots of informations, Sumit shared lots of very interesting points and we anticipate a rapid acceleration in the coming months. Enjoy the listening, it is a great one, thank you Sumit.

We visited Infinidat last April in Herzliya, Israel, for the 43rd IT Press Tour and I really wished to interview Phil Bullinger, CEO of Infinidat, as the company is really different from other usual suspects. So we took time together to talk and as you'll see we spoke about why he joined the company, the financial state of Infinidat, the current offering and differentiators an da bit of future. A very good episode again, Phil giving lots of informations, I hope you will enjoy the episode, thank you Phil and happy listening.

The last IT Press Tour, Edition 44, was an amazing edition, meeting and visiting 9 hot companies like iXsystems, Lightbits Labs, Liqid, Nasuni, Quantum, Spectra Logic, VAST Data, Veritas and WEKA. It was the opportunity to get an update directly from top executives introducing new products, launching a new initiative or just updating their solutions. Again it was fantastic, beyond California we spent time in Colorado to meet Quantum at their EBC with manufacturing in Englewood, Spectra Logic HQ and manufacturing in Boulder and Liqid HQ in Broomfield. I made this recap to share our experiences and news, you can also visit the IT Press Tour web site to learn more. Enjoy.

Real pleasure to interview Eran Kirzner, CEO and founder of Lightbits Labs, being a pioneer of NVMe/TCP and the original believer, designer and developer of the TCP transport for NVMe. The momentum is now visible with some validations and adoptions by several giant vendors to initiate a tsunami. A good example is the recent validation of NVMe/TCP by VMware under the last iteration of ESXi. We learn more about the roots of the company, the original triggers of the project and other key information such financial trajectory. So a lot of good answers from Eran with the pleasure to have also Philippe Schwartz, partner at Square Peg Capital, who believes strongly in Lightbits Labs since the beginning of the project. Enjoy your listening and Thank you again Eran and Philippe.

Une nouvelle table ronde pour évoquer NVMe et bien sûr sa déclinaison réseau avec les différentes méthodes de transport et notamment TCP. Cela va nous permettre de comprendre la technologie, son intérêt, les cas d'usages et pourquoi l'industrie a introduit NVMe aujourd'hui sur PCIe Gen 4, très prochainement sur Gen5 en attendant CXL. On a discuté de tout ça avec 3 invités qui partagent certaines idées mais qui sont aussi très complémentaires : 

• Laurent Delaisse -  Responsable avant-vente Europe du Sud chez Hitachi Vantara
• Stéphane Rigaud - Architecte solution chez Infinidat
• et Stéphane Colin - Responsable des architectes avant-ventes chez Antemeta

Un nouveau Tech Talk pour une clarification nécessaire visiblement où même les analystes comme Gartner entretiennent une confusion entre stockage primaire et stockage en mode bloc. Je voulais revenir sur ces notions, rappeler aussi le stockage secondaire, le stockage de production et de protection. Un exposé qui frôle le coup de gueule. J'espère que vous apprécierez.